Bayonets in Paradise : Martial Law in Hawai'i during World War II /

Selected as a 2017 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleBayonets in Paradise recounts the extraordinary story of how the army imposed rigid and absolute control on the total population of Hawaii during World War II. Declared immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack, martial law was all-inclusive, bring...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Scheiber, Harry N. (Autor), Scheiber, Jane L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2016]
Temas:
Japanese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc > Hawaii > History > 20th century.
Martial law > Hawaii > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Law and legislation > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Hawaii.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Terminology
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Wartime Emergency Powers and Martial Law
  • PART I. Martial Law and Military Government
  • PART II. Civilians under Army Rule: "The Iron Grasp of Martial Law"
  • PART III. Japanese Americans under Martial Law
  • PART IV. Political Challenges
  • PART V. Legal Challenges
  • PART VI. The End of Martial Law
  • PART VII. The Supreme Court Rules
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • A Note on Sources
  • Index

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